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 THlRTY—-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Ch. 200. 1862. 595 where transportation in kind is not furnished to them by the government, not more than six cents per mile shall hereafter be allowed, unless where an odlcer is ordered from a station east of the Rocky Mountains to one west of the same mountains, or vice versa, when ten cents per mile shall be allowed to him; and no officer of the army or navy of the United A°*“¤lmll°*’€° States shall be paid mileage except for travel actually performed at his §'Qg’;£g°;,,°:` own expense, and in obedience to orders. i Ssc. 8. And be it further enacted, That so much of section nine of the _Chaplnins,qns1- aforesaid act, approved July twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty- ‘G°"°‘°““ °f· one, and of section seven of the “Act providing for the better organi· Eg':;'_?é§§°_} zation of the m1litary establishment," approved August third, eighteen A,,,,,A,p_é·m,’288f hundred and sixty-one, as defines the qualifications of chaplains in the army and volunteers, shall hereafter be construed to read as follows: That no person shall be appointed a chaplain in the United States army who is not a regularly ordained minister of some religious denomination, and who does not present testimonials of his present good standing as such minister, with a recommendation for his appointment as an army chaplain from some authorized ecclesiastical body, or not less than five accredited ministers belonging to said religious denomination. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That hereafter the compensation Clmplaius, p¤y of all chaplains in the regular or volunteer service or army hospitals shall md "m°'"‘ be one hundred dollars per month and two rations a day when on duty; and the chaplains of the permanent hospitals, appointed under the author- Ch¤Pl¤*¤¤ °*` _ ity of the second section of the act approved May twentieth, eighteen {°;;°°°°"° h°Sp1` hundred and sixty-two, shall be nominated to the Senate for its advice 1862, ch. 80,§2. and consent, and they shall, in all respects, fill the requirements of the —’l"f°»P· 404- preceding section of this act relative to the appointment of chaplains in the army and volunteers, and the appointments of chaplains to army hospitals, heretofore made by the President, are hereby confirmed; and it is Commander of hereby made the duty of each officer commanding a district or post con- fsf: $;g;“g taining hospitals, or a brigade of troops, within thirty days after the recep~ of chspisni, " tion of the order promulgating this act, to inquire into the fitness, efiiciency, and qualifications of the chaplains of hospitals or regiments, and to muster out of service such chaplains as were not appointed in conformity with the requirements of this act, and who have not faithfully discharged the duties of chaplains during the time they have been engaged as such. Chap- Residence of lains employed at the military posts called " chap1ains’ posts ” shall be °l"Pl‘“”’• required to reside at the posts, and all chaplains in the United States service shall be subject to such rules in relation to leave of absence from duty as are prescribed for commissioned officers of the United States army stationed at such posts. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That so much of the fifth section allowance for of the act approved July twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, fffses as allows forty cents per day for the use and risk of the horses of com- 1861 ch'. 9 § 5 pany officers of cavalry, and the tenth section of the aforesaid act, ap- ,86, JL 42 ’§ ,0: proved August three, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, be, and the same Anzs;pp.2s§,zgs, are hereby, repealed. Sec. ll. And be it further enacted, That whenever an officer shall be Proceedings in put under arrest, except at remote military posts or stations, it shall be gpggazignvst the duty of the officer by whose orders he is arrested to see that a copy Copy oil of the charges on which he has been arrested and is to be tried shall be c;,,,,g,,,_ served upon him within eight days thereafter, and that he shall be brought to trial within ten days thereafter, unless the necessities of the service Trial. prevent such trial; and then he shall be brought to trial within thirty days after the expiration of the said ten days or the arrest shall cease: Provided, That if the copy of the charges benot served upon the arrested p,,,,,;,,__ oliicer, as herein provided, the arrest shall cease; but officers released from arrest under the provisions of this section may be tried whenever the exigencies of the service will permit, within twelve months after such